THE COITRT ROI.T.S OF BASI.OW, DERBYSHIRE. - 8t 



^ Richard de Derleie who held t mess and half a bovate 



is dead. Heriot a cow. 

 ^ Robert Webster who held a cottage & 3 acres at will is 



dead. Heriot a cow. 

 ^ William le Leche who held a cottage & iiij acres freely, & 



a toft & j bovate of land at will, died, by which a calf 



fell to the lord for a heriot. The free land was given to 



his wife as in ancient time. 



►i^ Margery wife of John Perkin who held a mess. & a bovate 

 at will is dead, by whose death the moiety of a calf valued at 

 xx"* fell to the lord, and the other moiety belongs to the 

 church. 



^ Thomas son of Rob. le Leche who held a mess. & a 

 bovate and half a bovate is dead. He resides outside the 

 lordship. His widow was ordered to be destrained to 

 account for the heriot & for the custody of the heir, or 

 for relief. 



►J< John son of Giles who held half a bovate has no chattels 

 for a heriot. His heir to be distrained to do homage, 

 & fealty, & to pay his Relief. 



^ John son of Ric. Russher who held a cottage is dead. 

 He has no chattels for a heriot. 



3Bont>aoe 'Creuure of Ibarleston.— Staffs. 



[circa xxxi. Edw*^. IH.) 



Except the details of the Bondage Tenure of the serfs of 

 the Manor of Shillington, related in- the Chartulary of Ramsey 

 Abbey, Vol. HI., I have seen but few similar accounts : they 

 are somewhat rare. Although it is not our custom to illustrate 

 the records of other counties, the editor feels justified in pub- 

 lishing this account of the Bondage Tenure of Harleston, 

 because it was part of the estate of the Vernons of Haddon, 

 and because the original paper document is in the last stage 

 of tenacity. 

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